New 2.5L owner, things I hate about the motorcycle.

True! Only “comfort” things that I have added to my GT are Grippuppies and a Corbin seat. Stock seat is better for short jaunts, but the Corbin starts to shine after three or four hours.
 
Yep, 49% of the reason I've owned so many bikes is that I ENJOY personalizing them. Spent all weekend welding up custom hard bag mounts to get around the ugly/small/fragile factory bags and fitting a windscreen. Next weekend will be a quick release top box with better passenger accommodations, followed by a tail tidy and then maybe an attempt at drop protection. Sometime down the line will be custom paint

Pretty much every bike I've ever owned I get other bikers walking up to me with "Where did you get those custom 'fill in the blank', that's so cool!" or "Is that a '____'" I took my Ducati to a Ducati group meetup and every bike was virtually stock. Yeah, aftermarket exhausts, but woo wee, big deal. I like bikes people modify and like modifying them myself.

Only fault that I'm pretty sure I can't get around is the dismal range. When I head out with guys on their Harleys that get 44mpg with 6 gal tanks, I'm always going to be the one holding up the group.
 
Just tell them that you will catch up it no problem
 

Yeah, but it's so easy to catch up
 
509GT said:
Sounds like you should have bought a goldwing.
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Holy mierda!
The man bought the bike.
He likely researched it. He likes the bike.
I read this thread and have no issue with constructive criticismt that may help anther to determine if it's the bike for them!
Burma Shave!
 
It’s remarkable how some folks here have apparently never mastered that nifty little childhood milestone called object permanence—the one where even if Mommy steps out of the room, we still recognize she exists. In this thread, it’s more like, ‘If I don’t see a bullet-point list of positives, they must not exist at all!’

Never mind the fact I explicitly mentioned there are positives, and enough of them to make the bike worth buying. But alas, just because I didn’t offer them up on a silver platter, they magically vanish from reality—much like, in an infant’s mind, a toy vanishes behind the couch.

So here we are, surrounded by lists of negatives. Some of us have realized there’s more to the story. Others are still wandering around, wide-eyed, convinced I blindly handed over my wallet for a machine with zero redeeming qualities. Sorry to disappoint, but the grown-ups in the room are well aware that I can appreciate a bike and note its shortcomings simultaneously. Maybe it’s time we all graduated from peekaboo, no?
 
I know. Things will have to be written in format for a lower common denominator. Somehow I had faith and high hopes.
 
A1A Rider said:
I know. Things will have to be written in format for a lower common denominator. Somehow I had faith and high hopes.
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Starting out with things you "hate" about the bike probably didn't help.
There are niggles and annoyances on any bike because no two riders are the same whereas manufacturers try to produce bikes that will be all-things-to-all-men, which they can't be - and that's before the politicians step in and hobble the design with regulations.
So it's inevitale that tweaking and personalisation will be required to make any bike a keeper. I dont think anyone would argue with that. You may be really lucky and stumble on a bike that's perfect straight out of the crate but I've never found one yet.
 
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